Elite Dangerous - Type-10 Defender Soloing a Thargoid Cyclops

So the Type-10 is out. Yay. got mine fully engineered and wanted to try to solo a cyclops. i am not very good at soloing one but i managed to pull it off.
Build used: goo.gl/tWiupm
Music: "Curse of the Scarab" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@ObsidianShadowHawk]

Remember to program a button to silent running. Use it to overheat your ship until you get an alert saying the caustic effects have been removed from your ship, then go back to normal and pop a heatsink. You were taking caustic damage constantly through this fight from the first missile that hit you. Next time, you'll have half as much hull damage at the end. Also, a shutdown field neutralizer in an optional compartment will prevent you losing power in the middle of the fight.

[@ALCrew]

the reward is pretty poor for killing thargoids i think, considering the effort it takes. personally i just avoid combat with them, which is what most players do i find.

[@arkman117]

Grandeur Groove yeah most avoid it, and thats understandable the reason I feel its a good thing though is it gives a good tough boss fight like challenge for those folks that were itching for it.

[@CMTechnica]

I haven't bothered to even go to the sector. doesn't interest me

[@fiskk.1573]

yeah, it should be way more awarding, considering the amount of playtime u put in in order to fight them. Should be llike 20 mill or more imo

[@andrewcoetzee8858]

Fisk K. Wtf as if

[@fiskk.1573]

That's actually still pretty low, since you can make 60,80 or even 150 mill per hour doing other things (I'm pretty sure it's even more than that).

[@MrRubenAlonzo]

WOW! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the solo kill! That T10 Defender is a BEAST!!!

[@ghastlytales]

I keep trying to fight them in a Type 10 with 4x Class 3 AX Multicannons, several class 1 and 2 MCs (overcharged grade 5, corrosive and incendiary) and an AX fighter. Can't even seem to trigger a heart before my hull is in tatters a minute or two in and I have to retreat. I can't put my finger on what you're doing different to me, but your hull doesn't seem to be taking the same pounding as mine. I have a bunch of HRPs and decent shields (for a type 10). What am I missing?

[@Lancaster604]

Ghastly Tales A LOT of engineering god rolls.

[@partyrocket859]

Why did you speed up parts of the video? I came here to watch you fight a bug, not watch you fly around it at 8x speed

[@MarcoPoloDk]

I can upload an unedited version if you want :)

[@KevinHigginsSr]

Please do, and without the music. ;-)

[@MarcoPoloDk]

Full length version is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHe2pYikbcyMgKs

[@kudosbudo]

Vid starts and the music is spot on for Type-10 flying haha

[@fransjors]

735 mil to outfit a type 10 defender for a 2 mil reward ? :-)

[@MarcoPoloDk]

yeah, would take alot of kills to make the money back, but another ship added to the fleet :D

[@KevinHigginsSr]

Curious -- you get a 2MM Cr bounty for killing one ... but how much are your ship repair and ammo replenishment costs? Do you even break even? Seems like a stingy payout for what I understand is a 15-20 minute fight with a lot of travel time and repairs between fights!

[@MarcoPoloDk]

i only get a very small profit from killing a cyclops. if you want to make credits, killing thargoid is not the way to go, but if you want a challenge, then you come to the right place :)

[@aidandixon6028]

The type 10 is great against thargoids, thargoid weapons hardly care about shields and the type 10 can get a massive amount of hull strength.

[@lazarusmagellan2367]

very cool video, just please do not ever make the music that loud. it drowns out the video audio which sounds great on its own.

[@joerensh8463]

Lazarus Magellan take away his emmy

[@alexhndr]

A damn *Tank* this thing is... Great battle m8.

[@ricardobornman1698]

Wow, well done.

[@kempo79]

So, regular lasers do affect thargon's shields! Good to know!

[@deimosoverkill]

great job man, can you tell us the loadout? what shield gen were you using? 8A?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

This is the build i use for the Type-10 Defender: goo.gl/tWiupm

[@deimosoverkill]

Thanks for sharing man, really appreciated!

[@MangoLassie142]

Dude, you need to be butting 4 pips into sys whenever you’re taking damage. It makes your shields 2.5x stronger

[@zouloslecoolos]

That's a nice apocalypse cow

[@Dagoth_Ur_1]

There actually missions for killing a thargoid, 5 mil or more. I don't go near thargoids though, did once with my orca, you can imagine how they ended haha. Some thargoids (not the cyclops) aren't aggressive, just salvaging wrecking at signals unless you get too close to them or something goes wrong.

[@rusticpineapple787]

So, how much of that bond did you spend for repairs?

[@TwoQuietSuns]

that was epic

[@mr.gamenervy7357]

I've tried to do this, very similar build, and I'm getting nowhere! Whenever I target a heart, it never seems to go down in damage, any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Well done by the way :-)

[@therottiepack]

CMDR GreenDemon yea that's a bug I've posted it in the bug forums. It also deploys it's panic shield randomly and the % of the heart don't match from the sub target panel to the heads up display. If you don't mind me asking was you in a wing? The reason being that this only seems to happen to me when in a wing. I actually find soloing one easier because of this.

[@mr.gamenervy7357]

I've only been trying in solo mode. I've been watching a few more vids, I think maybe I'm not waiting for the heart to open?

[@SmokeyGamingUK]

Well that was dull flying, turrets and flying in circles. Good music choice though

[@vujcichh]

Have you engineered this ship?

[@vujcichh]

Oh it is, just read description

[@DrBLOOD1995]

Hey there nice video, btw what is the song name?

[@90Ferd]

It's titled "Too fucking loud ruins the whole pleasure of watching". You're welcome

[@TerryBollea1]

Intresting....I thought we litterly had to wait till the Thargoid weapons were realesed.....Thanks for proving that Frontier dont even know their own game.

[@thorveim1174]

They do.. That is the express purpose of AX weapons (stands for Anti-Xeno), that were built using either Guardian technology, or incorporates thargoid alloys into ammo.Not thargoidweapons, but mankind worked on means to combat the threat anyway. Normal weapons have their uses in the fight (like killing the fighters or popping the shield), but ONLY AX weapons can damage the hull at all.

[@simonwillis1529]

Iv not taken on one of these Cuz I don’t know how to get my type ten and the battle takes ages and damage taken but would like to

[@jean-francoisdussault1510]

GG Cmdr o7!

[@kevinedward6132]

Are the multicannons triggering the strained heart? or are the frag cannons doing it.

[@MarcoPoloDk]

Yes. The class 3 ax multicannons are all you need to kill a cyclops.

[@peter58murray]

never used AX weapons..are they for killing thargoid only?

[@kuhluhOG]

yes, and the other weapons do (neraly) no damage to Thargoids

[@aepceo1]

No, not only. The AX weapons work just fine against other NPCs and players, just use other weapons to do shield damage since AX weapons are purely kinetic and explosive - damage to shields is very low.

[@therealbahamut]

The short answer is yes. If you're not fighting thargoids, other equipment will generally serve you better. AX weaponry is basically a content gate and a gear check. No AX? No point in fighting the 'goids.

[@thorveim1174]

Pretty much. They can eb used to shoot down other targets, but they tend to be outclassed by regular weapons in that regard, mostly because they cannot be engineered. They are however VITAL against thargoids, as regular weapons can't harm their hull at all (they have some uses though, like depleting their shield when they activate it instead of waiting it out, or killing the drone swarms).

[@ryanchen4921]

2k bond? That’s it!? That was worth like 1mil 😵

[@darthvader6533]

And we wonder why the Thargoids hate us

[@kc9eye]

Wow, the Thargoids need a nerf!!!! Two million credits, THAT's IT!? How much did it take to repair your ship? I bet there wasn't much of that 2 million left after repairs!

[@MarcoPoloDk]

i dont think they need a nerf, but they need to boost the reward for killing one. I think it was only a couple 100k left when all was repaired

[@AndrewSmith-pt3hy]

Agreed they don't need a nerf you should get a lot more for killing one

[@lifetimesofjcm8582]

damnzit man! i want christmas lights on my dashboard!! :((((((((((

[@patrickbooth8766]

2M? Thats some chump change compared to the amount of repair you’ll undergo.

[@johnsummers9660]

Needs more hardpoints.

[@jhtrq1465]

The figther can make dammage to thargoid ship, even without special weapon?

[@jhtrq1465]

And, what's the purpose of the beam laser you use?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

The fighter is mostly used to distract the thargon swarm and the beams are just there to help with the shield

[@jhtrq1465]

Oh i didn't know the regular weapon can affect thargoid shield!

[@Antifaith29]

There is a AX fighter now, specifically designed to fight thargoids. Still doesnt go a ton of damage though, as the other guy said its mostly for swarms

[@CMTechnica]

ax taipan

[@Antifaith29]

I thought there was a limit to AX weapons. Or is that just the same type of ax weapon

[@officer020413]

He has 4 AX Multis, the remote flak launchers don't count.

[@JJ-lz2qi]

Why are you using Turret? Does it help with aim?

[@ThecreeperKiller1234]

Turrets can hit a target even if its to your side even behind you

[@Ugnutz]

and the type 10 turns like a wounded whale

[@alpha_One_One]

please! yur fit! i must know!

[@MarcoPoloDk]

its in the discription of the video. happy new year! :D

[@alpha_One_One]

MarcoPolo thanks boo. Didnt see it before.

[@Srycko]

you have enginneers ?

[@MarcoPoloDk]

yes. and the ship is fully engineered :)

[@Seraphim_Belisarius]

MarcoPolo what did you engineer? I want to fully kit out a Type 10 just like yours.

[@Srycko]

So it's better anaconda or corvette, with this one we end the battle with 80-90% i think it's cause than shield and time of the battle we kill faster with corvette or conda and we have more sheld for protect ours armor

[@MarcoPoloDk]

I engineered every thing i could on the ship. build is in the video description :)

[@MarcoPoloDk]

yeah, the anaconda and corvette are much better at killing thargoids than the type-10

[@kauhanen99]

so why u did use bi-weave shields?u need better shields that ship, if u gonna drop down Thargoid, just saying 🙃, and btw nice name, my favorite series is marco polo in netflix.

[@SuperAWaC]

the t10 is meant to hull tank, it has weak shields. resist augmented biweave is better.

[@corytucker1239]

Not wanting to be too negative, but it gives me pain seeing you fly past it every 30 seconds..

[@jakestatefarm6806]

Cory Tucker Have you fought them before? thats just the way thargoids move

[@corytucker1239]

Jake Statefarm good point - I haven't seen a thargoid yet, I assumed their AI would be similar to that of normal NPCs.

[@jamesdthorn790]

You clearly have other ships in the fight helping you so no you weren't soloing a thargoid

[@uk69uk]

Apart from his own fighter, what other ships are you referring to?

[@joerensh8463]

You play destiny, proves you're a fucking mong